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Hotel California chords & tab

Eagles · 1976

GuitarMediumRockKey Bm · 4/4Chords & Tab
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Verse

 On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair

Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air

 Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light

My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim, I had to stop for the night

Verse 2

 There she stood in the doorway, I heard the mission bell

 And I was thinkin' to myself, "This could be heaven or this could be hell"

 Then she lit up a candle, she showed me the way

 There were voices down the corridor, I thought I heard them say

Chorus

 "Welcome to the Hotel California

 Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)

 Such a lovely face

Plenty of room at the Hotel California

 Any time of year (any time of year)

 You can find it here"

Verse 3

 Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes-Benz, uh

 She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys that she calls friends

 How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat

Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

Verse 4

 So I called up the Captain, "Please bring me my wine"

 He said, "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969"

 And still, those voices are calling from far away

Wake you up in the middle of the night just to hear them say

Chorus 2

 "Welcome to the Hotel California

 Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)

 Such a lovely face

They're livin' it up at the Hotel California

 What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise)

 Bring your alibis"

Verse 5

Mirrors on the ceiling, the pink champagne on ice

 And she said, "We are all just prisoners here of our own device"

 And in the master's chambers, they gathered for the feast

 They stab it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the beast

Verse 6

Last thing I remember, I was running for the door

 Had to find the passage back to the place I was before

 "Relax, " said the night man, "We are programmed to receive

 You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave"

Solo

 

 

 

About this song

The Eagles' title track from Hotel California (1976), by Don Felder, Don Henley and Glenn Frey. The tab plays the first verse and chorus the way the voice sings them, then Joe Walsh's outro arpeggios, all in 7th position on the top four strings.

How to play it: A simple folk strum for the chord sheet: down, down-up, (miss), up, down-up, one pattern a bar. The tab itself is a single-note lead; play it from the Guitar Tab view.

Lead: B minor. 7th position; the index reaches back to 6 for the F# chord, and the outro's long notes slide up to 12 and 14.

Chord Diagrams

No capo

Bm

Chord Info

Notes
B – D – F♯
Intervals
1 – ♭3 – 5
Fingers
1234
Difficulty
Hard

Strumming Pattern

  1. ↓1
  2. ·&
  3. ↓2
  4. ↑&
  5. ·3
  6. ↑&
  7. ↓4
  8. ↑&

Pattern Library

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Play with Beats

74 BPM

Fretboard View

EADGBe123456789101112×BF#BDF#

Bm as you fret it in open position.

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